Bereavement in Judaism - Days of Remembrance

Days of Remembrance

  • Tisha B'Av

(Day of mourning for the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other events.)

  • Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Final day of Pesach, Shavuot

(the four days on which Yizkor is recited)

  • Tenth of Tevet

(a fast day on which it has become a custom for some to say Kaddish for those whose yahrzeits are unknown or died in the Holocaust)

  • Yom HaShoah

(national day of remembrance in Israel (and by many Jews worldwide) for those murdered in the Holocaust as well as righteous gentiles)

  • Yom Hazikaron

(national day of remembrance to those who died in service of Israel or killed in terrorist attacks)

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